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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 668 · 40 questions
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The trick (Cross zero): Warmer or more money: move up the number line. Colder or spending: move down. Crossing zero: count the steps to 0 first, then the steps left over. The gap between a number below zero and one above zero: add the two distances from 0.

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  1. 1.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 6 (c) 5 (d) 15
  2. 2.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 13
  3. 3.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 6
  4. 4.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 26 (c) 18 (d) 8
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) −39 (c) 49 (d) 25
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −28 (b) 6 (c) 38 (d) 28
  7. 7.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 81 (b) 25 (c) −15 (d) −25
  8. 8.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 14
  9. 9.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −39 (b) 49 (c) −49 (d) 69
  10. 10.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −7 (c) 3 (d) 7
  11. 11.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) −18 (c) 20 (d) 18
  12. 12.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) 54 (d) 2
  13. 13.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −27 (b) 71 (c) −37 (d) 37
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) 24 (c) −24 (d) 34
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −6
  16. 16.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 58 (b) 32 (c) −32 (d) −22
  17. 17.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 14 (d) 12
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) −19 (c) 19 (d) 29
  19. 19.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 22 (d) 12
  20. 20.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) −6 (d) 4
  21. 21.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −3
  22. 22.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 22 (c) 14 (d) 4
  23. 23.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −17 (c) 17 (d) 27
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 2 (c) 30 (d) −20
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) 25 (c) −25 (d) 23
  26. 26.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 2
  27. 27.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 5 (c) −3 (d) 13
  28. 28.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) −14 (c) 14 (d) 20
  29. 29.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) −11 (c) 9 (d) 11
  30. 30.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −32 (b) −42 (c) 62 (d) 42
  31. 31.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) 10
  32. 32.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 21 (c) 11 (d) 1
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −31 (b) 25 (c) 31 (d) 41
  34. 34.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 9 (d) 7
  35. 35.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 62 (b) −40 (c) −50 (d) 50
  36. 36.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −22 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) −12
  37. 37.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 19 (c) 17 (d) 7
  38. 38.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 30 (b) −8 (c) 18 (d) 8
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −14 (b) 14 (c) 6 (d) 24
  40. 40.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −8

Answer key

  1. 5
  2. 3
  3. −4
  4. 8
  5. 39
  6. 28
  7. −25
  8. 8
  9. −49
  10. −7
  11. 18
  12. −2
  13. −37
  14. 24
  15. 6
  16. −32
  17. 2
  18. 19
  19. 2
  20. −6
  21. −3
  22. 4
  23. 17
  24. 20
  25. 25
  26. 2
  27. −13
  28. 14
  29. −11
  30. −42
  31. 10
  32. 1
  33. 31
  34. −3
  35. −50
  36. −12
  37. 7
  38. 8
  39. 14
  40. −8

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